Training Day Sans-Denzel / Happy Canada Day! / Happy Fourth of July

We apologize for the the delay between posts, but we at OS have some rest and relaxation time built into our calendars. With the new addition of ‘team-Canada,’ we now have two holidays to celebrate at the start of July. But this week, we get to celebrate a successful and productive first training day with members of the Northeastern University athletic community.

Art Horne, Interim Director of Athletics, and Dan Boothby, strength and conditioning coach for the hockey team, participated in the first stage of delivery, including the set-up of their new 2 meter OptoJump system,  and a class on basic functions and use. This was the first of three training classes scheduled for the Northeastern University staff, and will conclude the third week in August where the first group of athletes will join an begin their data collection testing. During the coming weeks, a plan for action will be drawn up in order to facilitate the integration of the technology into the diverse sports program. The athletic department will adopt a new scheduled testing and review ‘curriculum’ for their athletes, where performance is evaluated on the core functions of the body.

Plans to track each individual athlete through his career at Northeastern and implement an objective return to play model as well as a  performance and therapy trending-cycle.